Weird. I don't doubt it, I just hadn't actually spoken with anyone that had even mentioned it. I got a few Chopper Gunners last night, but again I was on a roll and killing dudes so bad I didn't even notice the red diamond thing either way.

Apparently on the new Major Nelson podcast he revealed that the first Black Ops DLC maps will be coming on 2/1/11, $15 for 4 new multiplayer maps and 1 zombie map.

Edit: Some details (apparently) from GAF:

The red diamond thing for the chopper gunners has been implemented, by the way. If you get a gunner on Nuketown, because the map is so small, you can see guys spawn without the diamond over their head for a short period before it shows up.

You'll love this bullshit Skills: just went 32-2 on Havana Deathmatch in Ground War. The best part though is I got a Chopper Gunner from my Care Package, then earned a Chopper Gunner on the regular right after. They finally took out my first Chopper Gunner, immediately called in the second.

I imagine they were probably mad.

They mad so bad, son

holy shit this game is fun as hell online.